“WHO IS A REAL PRESIDENT?”

The Committee for the Protection of Political Prisoners will henceforth attend all events organised by the political prisoners' wives.

Today they staged a protest action near the RoA General Prosecutor's Office. They called for an urgent release of the detainees. The protesters lodged a written and oral request to Prosecutor General Aghvan Hovsepian.

Then they held a spontaneous march to the RoA Government with the posters and photos of the political prisoners. A protester mounted the steps of the Government building and shouted: “Who is a genuine president?”

“Levon, president!” chanted the presentees.

Republican MP Armen Ashotian was near the building at that moment.

“I want you to realise that I am insulted to the bottom of my heart as we have an illiterate president like Serzh Sarkissian who hardly speaks Armenian. I am an honoured pedagogue. I have taught the Armenian Language and Literature for fifty years. I can assure you that any of my pupils is more literate than Serzh Sarkissian. You must help us to get rid of Serzh Sarkissian,” member of the Popular Movement Clara Khachikovna said to Ashotian.

Meanwhile, the protesters demanded Serzh Sarkissian’s resignation on the hundredth day of his office.

Afterwards they directed to Northern Avenue to greet the sit-down strikers.

Today’s action was attended by political prisoner David Aghayan’s wife and his little son. David Aghayan is Armenian writer Ghazaros Aghayan’s grandson. He was among the first people who had gone on a hunger-strike at Liberty Square on February 19 to restore their violated right to vote.

David Aghayan’s wife informed A1+ that her spouse had been kidnapped three months before, during the trial of Commander of a Masis Battalion Husik Baghdasarian.

“During the trial David went out to the corridor to smoke and was immediately arrested. He was charged under Articles 225 and 316 at a time,” she said.

David Aghayan’s wife is determined to attend all protest actions until all political prisoners are freed.

The protesters were welcomed with loud music and national dances. Today’s march was headed by Narek Hovakimian who has recently been recently beaten.

Source Publication:
Source: http://a1plus.am/en/?page=issue&iid=62817

Name:

Invalid value

Comments:

Invalid value

Submit